LOSING MY RELIGION MANDOLIN TABLATURE
here's the mandolin tab for the song "losing my religion" by rem. please
note that this is mandolin tab -- NOT mandolin arranged for guitar (which
would allow you to play the following on guitar). this is tablature that
you would read while playing on a mandolin.
first off, here are the chords that peter plays in this song:
F:5301
G:0023
Am:2230 (usually, it's 2235, but in this song he plays it like 2230)
Em:0220 (usually, it's 0223...)
Dm:2001
rhythm figure 1:
e--------------
a-------0------
d---0-2---5-2-0
g-0------------
intro/chorus:
F G Am F
e--------|1--1-1-1--1-1|--------|0--0-0-0--0-0|--------|1--1-1-1--1-1|
a=5=7=5=0|0==0=0=0==0=0|=5=7=5=0|3==3=3=2==3=3|=5=7=5=0|0==0=0=0==0=0|
d--------|3--3-3-0--3-3|--------|2--2-2-2--2-2|--------|3--3-3-0--3-3|
g========|5==5=5=5==5=5|========|2==2=2=2==2=2|========|5==5=5=5==5=5|
Am G
e--------|-0-0-0-0---3|
a=5=7=5=0|=3=3=3=3===2| (rhym. fig. 1)
d--------|-2-2-2-2---0|
g========|-2-2-2-2---0|
verse:
Am Em
e-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0|-0-0--0-0--0-0---0-0-0|
a=3=3==2=3=2=3==3=2=3|=2=2==0=2==0=2===2=0=2|
d-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2|-2-2--2-2--2-2---2-2-2|
g=2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2|=0=0==0=0==0=0===0=0=0| (play that three times, then...)
Dm G
e-1--1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1|-3--3-3-3-3| first time: play rhym. fig. 1, and then
go back
a=0==0=0==0=0=0=0=0=0|=2==2=2=2=2| to Am
d-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0-0-0-0| second time: go to the chorus
g=2==2=2==2=2=2=2=2=2|=0==0=0=0=0|
interlude:
(rhythm guitar chords: Am G F G C Am C Am) ("that was just a dream..."
comes in at the first C chord in there...)
e--------------------------------------
a=7=7=7===5=5=5=5=5===3=3=3===0=0=0=0=0 play that three times, then...
e--------------------
a=7=7=7==5=5=5=3=0=======0
d--------------------0-2---5-2-0
g==================0
ending:
e---------------------------
a=7=7=7=7=7=7=7=7=7=7=7=7=7=7=7=7 (do that for 4 measures, then...)
e------------------
a-7-5-3-0-5-3-0-3-0
here's the layout of the whole song:
intro, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, interlude, verse, chorus (play it
twice this time), ending
that's it. it's a little hard at first, but once you get it down, it
sounds pretty impressive.
any other mandolin playing rem fans?
David Wagner (wagner@mandolin.com)